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  • … The prominent large white flag of Paphiopedilum Fred's Fantasy is alternately striped with green and maroon veins, while the two lateral petals are light green with dark maroon spots. The pouch, or cup, is maroon. The leaves are checkered with blocks of green and dark green, and are ornamental of …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Arrow-leaved aster is an herbaceous perennial that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet under full sun or partial … summer and early fall, it produces blue flowers that are attractive to butterflies. The plant is most useful as a bedding or border plant. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Adams intermediate yew ( Taxus x media ‘Adams’) is an evergreen tree that grows to a maximum height of 20 feet under full sun or partial shade … produces green flowers that are ornamentally insignificant and later become brown seeds.  It is most often used as a screen or a hedge. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … ‘Clara Mack’ is a climbing vine that grows to a maximum of 28 feet. It thrives under full sun or partial shade … large clusters of pea-like white flowers that give way to brown fruit in the fall. The plant is useful as a specimen. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Maple, Red-Twig Korean Maple or Ussuri Maple. This small tree (30 feet in height at maturity) is native to east Asia. It is not picky about soil conditions. It adds color to the landscape with bright red stems and …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Virgin's bower is a sprawling vine that is well adapted to support from a wall or large shrub in the garden. Blooming during the dog days …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Dwarf Hinoki false cypress is an evergreen tree with a dense, pyramidal habit. Growing to only 10 feet at maturity, it has rich green foliage with scalelike overlapping leaves. It is best grown in full sun in moist, well-drained soil and can be used as an accent or specimen …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Native to the United States, Chelone obliqua is an upright perennial producing showy pink, purple, and white flowers that attract birds in the … of 3 feet under full sun to partial shade and medium to wet moisture conditions. The plant is ideal for a border. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … How to Identify Poison Ivy Poison ivy takes many forms, so it is particularly important for parents, camp counselors, hikers, gardeners, and anyone who enjoys … more rural areas. Urushiol, the resin responsible for producing allergic reactions in people, is present in every part of the plant. Rashes can appear minutes or days after exposure. People … may also experience allergic reactions if exposed to fumes from burning the plant. Poison ivy is native to the United States and is easily spread by seeds eaten by birds that feed off the …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … Sweetbay magnolia (var. virginiana ) is native to the coastal United States from North Carolina to Massachusetts, where it is notable for its creamy white, lemon-scented blooms. In the more southern parts of its range, sweetbay magnolia is evergreen, but it may lose all or most of its leaves during the winters in the Chicagoland …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant